Democrats oppose Crowther tariff bill in House caucus
In a 161 to 4 vote the House Democrats oppose automatic tariff increases tied to depreciating foreign currencies. The GOP seeks to discharge the Ways and Means Committee and force a Monday vote after 145 petition signatures. Rep Connery Hill Reilly Martin spoke for the bill while Collier Ragon and McCormack spoke against it. Rep Rainey said tariff action should wait for the post-session period.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Connery
Massachusetts
Hill
Reilly
Wisconsin
Martin
Oregon
Boland
Pennsylvania
Collier
Ragon
Arkansas
McCormack
Rep
Rainey
Indictment Says Alien Film Writer Made False Claims
John Farrow, Hollywood writer, indicted by a federal grand jury in Los Angeles on charges of making false statements in his alien visitor registry application. Immigration officers say Farrow claimed Romanian diplomatic status while he is an Australian native. He allegedly made the statements after a long trip abroad.
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Los Angeles
John Farrow
Federal Grand Jury
Farrow
Murray W. Garrson
Labor
Washington
Australia
Three Stinson Executives Die in Plane Test Crash
Detroit report says three Stinson Aircraft officials died when a new plane crashed at Warne County Airport during a test. The aircraft entered a tailspin from 700 feet and exploded on impact. Victims identified as Owen Pinaire, chief test pilot. Arthur Saxon, chief engineer. Sam Benson, assistant chief engineer.
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Detroit
Mich
Stinson Aircraft Corporation
Warne County
Owen Pinaire
Arthur Saxon
Sam Benson
Sleeping Private Accidently Shot
Private Thomas Jamison 19 of Peoria killed when an automatic army rifle being cleaned by John C. Durston discharged while both guardsmen on duty in connection with coal mine disorders. Jamison was sleeping on his cot when the rifle fired.
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Taylorville
Thomas Jamison
Company E
Peoria
John C. Durston
Jamison
Durston
First Party Rented Apartment Appears in Gazette Ad
A landlord states they rented furnished apartment to the first caller after seeing an Apartment for Rent Wanted notice in The Gazette. The ad by R Kammer lists 1620 2nd Ave and invites tenants seeking furnished or unfurnished housing or rooms to place Rental Want Ads, with phone number 21121 and special rates for short-term placements.
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Aia R. Kammer
2Nd Ave
Gazette
British Seek Lump Sum War Debt Settlement
London indicates a lump sum payment is likely for the Washington war debt conference while protests arise in Washington against a cash settlement without trade concessions. Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Borah dismisses a pure cash plan and urges currency adjustment and broader market openings. Rainey denounces a ten cent-on-the-dollar settlement as nonsensical and unpopular.
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Washington
America
Borah
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Roosevelt
Europe
Idaho
Rainey
Illinois
Fights Thieves With Newspaper Want Ads
Chicago AP report says Paul Stone used a newspaper ad to stop thieves from selling stolen photographic equipment worth $860. The culprits read the notice and returned the property, illustrating ads as a crime prevention tactic.
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Chicago
Paul Stone
Convicts Escape Again After Beating Guards Near Cleveland
Two Cleveland prisoners Robert Cannon and Jack Bauer aged 22 and 24 who were being returned to Mansfield reformatory from Cleveland escaped Tuesday. They beat guards with a crank handle, handcuffed them to a tree, and fled again near Cleveland Wednesday night.
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Cleveland
Mansfield Reformatory
Here
Robert Cannon
Jack Bauer
Merits and Drawbacks of Iowa Tuberculin Testing Bill
Iowa lawmakers debated the Foster bill to make tuberculin testing optional for cattle. Proponents argued current compulsory tests are unreliable costly and allow infected meat sales while opponents said testing protects public health and cattle-to-human disease transmission. Witnesses cited retesting after reactors and public mistrust of mandatory testing.
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Des Moines
Senate
House
Animal Industry
Iowa
W. G. Heikens
Spencer
G. F. Bloss
H. J. Fergueson
Tama
Government urged to restrict itself in business fields
A Chan committee report to the House urges ending government competition in about 20 fields. It calls for private purchase of supplies, abolition of farm board activities, higher parcel post rates, and private hospital care for disabled veterans. It lists 14 major recommendations including civilian control for purchases and privatizing many operations.
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Channon Committee
Congress
House
Farm Board
Cox
Dem
Joseph R. Shannon
Kansas City
Army Transport Service
Panama Canal Railroad
Department of Supplies and Munitions
Army
Navy
Iowa Farmers Seek Chance to Save Property Against Debts
Iowa farmers advocating mortgage moratoria emphasize a fighting chance to save their land and savings rather than debt repudiation. They call for permanent relief, higher farm prices, and stabilized markets, arguing current commodity prices make payments impossible.
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Iowa
L. E. Skelley
Des' Moines
Clyde Herring
Father Confesses Crime Linked to Son's Prison Term
A father admits to stealing registered letters to raise money for wine, revealing the crime tied to his son Angelo who ran a drug store with a postal substation. Angelo was convicted last October and sentenced to two and a half years in a federal Atlanta peniten tiary.
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Angelo
Federal Penitentiary
Atlanta
President Hoover Backs Roosevelt Reorganization Plan
President Hoover and House Democrats reach common ground approving Senate adoption of a measure giving the President elect authority to reorganize the federal government. The plan lets the President proceed without Congress with two thirds approval in both houses as the only check.
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Washington
Hoover
House
Senate
Roosevelt
White House
Garner
Rainey
Treasury-Post Office
Congress
Ee Garner
Swager Shirley
House Actions’committee
Lewis Douglas
Ariz
Bargain Day Prices Extended Through Thursday
Inclement weather prompts local merchants to continue Wednesday bargain day prices into Thursday near Cedar Rapids. Sun Gazette guest cards offer out of town visitors police courtesy and all-day parking, as merchants highlight hundreds of bargains advertised in the Gazette.
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Cedar Rapids
Gazette
Hull Bill Would Put Half Billion Federal Credit to Farm Foreclosures
A Senate Banking subcommittee approved a Hull bill to lend 500 million dollars of federal credit via the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to farm mortgage holders. The plan aims to stave off foreclosures for two years by covering delinquent taxes interest and installments in exchange for a two year moratorium. Complications noted involve federal and joint stock land banks and bondholder obligations.
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Herin
Cedar Rapids
Mulherin
Linn
Wilbur F. Hubbard
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Washington
Senate
Hull
Tenn
Reconstruction Corporation
Steiner
Girl Run Over By Locomotive Unhurt
Fifteen year old Pauline Moore in Clarksburg West Virginia was knocked down on a railroad track by a locomotive. She stretched out between the rails and was run over but rose to her feet uninjured and reassured the crew before they stopped the engine.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Pauline Moore
New Arctic Cold Wave Snaps Nation Suffering In Blizzards
A brutal Arctic cold snap swept the continent on a deadly path. At least thirty three deaths were linked to the storm with nine in Chicago where 12.7 inches of snow fell and seven in Canada. Temperatures plunged to fifty below zero in Orr Minnesota and forty one below in Brainerd.
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Arctic
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Orr
Minn
Brainerd
Rockies
Alleghenies
Oklahoma
California
Atlantic
Eastport
Jacksonville
Florida
Illinois
Green Bay
Wis
Iowans Endure Deep Freeze Amid Severe Winter Storm
Des Moines reports bitter cold as a winter storm blankets Iowa with subzero wind chills. Officials forecast twenty below readings for the state, while Sheldon records twenty six below and Mason City twenty three below as roads stay open despite the cold. The storm indirectly claims one life from a heart attack linked to shoveling, with conditions easing only after forty eight hours per weather bureau.
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Des Moines
Sheldon
O'Brien County
Mason City
Waterloo
Fort Dodge
Iowa prison industries doomed by Cooper-Hawes act
Des Moines reports state board of control says Iowa’s three largest prison product lines shirts aprons and furniture will end when the Cooper Hawes act takes effect January 19 1934. Contracts expire mid 1930s with possible continuance under new terms. Senator Clyde Topping proposes measures to shield Iowa from external prison product influx.
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DES Moines
State Board of Control
Iowa
Cooper-Hawes
Father and son in crash at rain slick police curb
A 60 year old man William Driscoll waits for coal at a police station as his son hurries with a fuel ticket in rain. A toy wagon, a car, and a fatal accident in a street circle unfold with bystanders and an undertaker arriving. The family home emits smoke as the rain pours down.
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New York
Wiliam Driscoll
William Driscoll
Driscoll
Will Rogers Sees Credit and Interest as a Burden
Beverly Hills letter from Will Rogers criticizes high interest and loan debt. He argues most loans finance prior borrowings or expansion, urging foreclosures earlier to shrink debt. He claims interest constantly attacks borrowers and lenders alike, urging a simpler approach to debt.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
British Flyers Smash World's Distance Mark
The British flyers Squadron Leader O. R. Gayford and Flight Lieutenant G. F. Nicholetts landed at Walfish Bay after 57 hours 28 minutes aloft setting a new long distance nonstop record. They surpassed the American mark by over 300 miles.
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Cape Town
Union of South Africa
O. R. Gayford
G. F. Nicholetts
Walfish Bay
Russell Boardman
Jean Polando
Galena Council Repeals City Law in 7-1 Vote
Galena city council repealed its duty law Tuesday night by a seven to one vote, drawing quick reactions from state and national officials. The action marks a rapid shift in local governance and policy direction.
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Galena
INS
Waltonians Appeal to Feed Birds This Winter
The Waltonians conservation group urges Cedar Rapids residents to aid birdlife during snow and freezing weather. Households are asked to place scraps on doorsteps or bird baths to help sustain local birds today.
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Cedar Rapids
Waltonians
Central Purchasing Bill Passes Senate
The Iowa Senate failed to advance a central purchasing bill amid tax relief votes. The measure would have centralized county buying to a purchasing agent with bids, aiming to save about 5 percent of $3,000,000 in annual county purchases, roughly $150,000, but faced strong opposition and likely indefinite postponement in the House.
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Des Moines
House
Senate
Massachusetts bill to restrict worm taking for bait
Massachusetts lawmakers consider a measure requiring permits for non residents to take worms for bait. Proponents tout Massachusetts worms for Massachusetts fishermen as the slogan.
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Boston
INS
Massachusetts
Roosevelt's plan to reorganize government aimed at big savings
President elect Roosevelt and advisers in cooperation with Senator Byrnes prepare a plan to cut top heavy government by consolidating bureaus. The aim is to save about 200 million dollars and reduce veterans expenditures as well. Garner urged expansive powers for quick action.
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Roosevelt
Jay
Congress
James F. Byrnes
D. C
Senate
Treasury Post Office Department
John N. Garner
House
Benefi Chagrens
Garner
Joe
Cedar Rapids Endures Piercing Cold After Blizzard
Cedar Rapids faced its coldest night of winter with temperatures falling to 18 below as a blizzard left four inches of snow. City crews cleared drifts, 250 workers shoveling streets while highways reopened. forecast called for continuing cold through Thursday with no relief in sight.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar
Rapids
Wineter
Mercury
Highway Commission
Iowa
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